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Attributed to R. Faber
18th century
Portrait of a Man (Beau Fielding?)
4 3/16 x 3 5/16 inches (116 x 84 mm), trimmed irregularly.
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, on vellum. Oval framing line in graphite. Miscellaneous pen trials and brushstrokes at upper right.
2004.49:27
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 11, no. 27 in the Bull Album.
Attributed to R. Faber in Fairfax Murray. Attributed to John Faber the Elder (The Hague?, ca. 1660-1721 Bristol) in handlist of album. Faber was a Dutch draftsman and engraver active in England.
Attributed to R. Faber in Fairfax Murray. Attributed to John Faber the Elder (The Hague?, ca. 1660-1721 Bristol) in handlist of album. Faber was a Dutch draftsman and engraver active in England.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: Faber del; within decorative border at lower center in graphite: "Beau Fielding."; at upper left: x 18; on album leaf beyond decorative border at upper right: 27.
Associated names
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 15, repr.
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Century Drawings
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